if you own a toyota tocoma pickup...

[dawp]

http://wbztv.com/local/newhamp....buyback.2.756226.html

seems they have trouble with rusting frames.

 

[PricklyPete]

Own one...but a 2005.so I'm not too worried.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Awesome. Kudos to Toyota for buying back rusting vehicles as old as 13 years.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I've seen a picture a couple years ago of a Tacoma that was put on a lift and ended up having the bed stay on the ground while the front went 6 feet in the air. The bottom frame rail folded up like a bendy straw.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
I've seen a picture a couple years ago of a Tacoma that was put on a lift and ended up having the bed stay on the ground while the front went 6 feet in the air. The bottom frame rail folded up like a bendy straw.

Yea I remember that.


BUT... BUT... toyota is perfect... I guess these were frames made by a US auto maker by union workers for toyota... yea it has to be.

 

[Vette73]

What happens when the frame goes...

Not the one from the lift but newwer.

 

[iamwiz82]

Toyota trucks have always been revered for their rusting ability. It's a feature. I had a friend in college who had a early 90s 22RE, the fuel line loved to rust out on him and he would only replace a small section at a time. It was worrisome when there wasn't the smell of gas as you walked up to it since that meant that he was out of gas.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
What happens when the frame goes...

Not the one from the lift but newwer.

Ah the quality of being number one.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
What happens when the frame goes...

Not the one from the lift but newwer.

transformers????

 

[MrChad]

Thanks OP. Sent this article to my father-in-law, who owns a 98 Tacoma IIRC.

 

[AdamK47]

Typical Toyota shotty quality. Blah!

 

[mooseracing]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Toyota trucks have always been revered for their rusting ability.

No, not toyota, only an american company that makes crappy cars like ford rust away.

 

[spaceman]

you could eat off my 2005 tacoma frame.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Awesome. Kudos to Toyota for buying back rusting vehicles as old as 13 years.

Awesome.Kudos to Toyota for make sub par rust boxes.

 

[herm0016]

wow, if ford or gm was involved this thread would be 2 miles long and every post would say " duh.. americans suck !!oneoneone.. you should have gotten a toyota dude"

ATOT is amazing....

 

[alkemyst]

Looks like the tocomas are having the same problems cameros did.

 

[spaceman]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Awesome. Kudos to Toyota for buying back rusting vehicles as old as 13 years.

Awesome.Kudos to Toyota for make sub par rust boxes.

sub-par rustboxes with great resale value

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: clowntard

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Awesome. Kudos to Toyota for buying back rusting vehicles as old as 13 years.

Awesome.Kudos to Toyota for make sub par rust boxes.

sub-par rustboxes with great resale value

People are stupid.

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
Looks like the tocomas are having the same problems cameros did.

CamAros are unibody.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: AdamK47

Originally posted by: alkemyst
Looks like the tocomas are having the same problems cameros did.

CamAros are unibody.

wunt over your mullet.

 

[SparkyJJO]

I heard about this issue a couple years ago, seems Toyota used some cheap recycled steel for their frames. Brilliant.

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: AdamK47

Originally posted by: alkemyst
Looks like the tocomas are having the same problems cameros did.

CamAros are unibody.

wunt over your mullet.

You're an easy guy to hate, but I love ya. *smooches*

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
I heard about this issue a couple years ago, seems Toyota used some cheap recycled steel for their frames. Brilliant.

Most steel is recycled. Nothing wrong with using recycled steel

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
I heard about this issue a couple years ago, seems Toyota used some cheap recycled steel for their frames. Brilliant.

Most steel is recycled. Nothing wrong with using recycled steel

note the operative word there, cheap recycled steel

 

[PingSpike]

I thought everyone knew toyotas were rust mobiles. They may have improved it with newer models (its kind of hard to tell at this point), but as far as 90s era vehicles are concerned it always seemed apparent to me that american makers had figured out how to build a more rust proof vehicle then while the Japanese had not. Its also possible that many american cars just have imploded mechanically before they got to super rusty stage, but thats not the impressive I've gotten.

My state likes to dump metric shit tons of salt all over every winter so vehicles get eaten alive around here. We had to get rid of a perfectly fine running toyota corolla because we got tired of the brake and fuel lines rusting out all the time.